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The Chicken Works: The Aviation Art of JP Santiago

The last time American flew an aircraft the length of the Boeing 777-300ER was in the 1970s when American operated the 747-100. Today's 777-300ER is actually about 12 feet longer than those 747s flown by American forty years ago.

Over the top and inverted with Randy Ball and his 1959 MiG-17F! The 17 started out as a development of the MiG-15 to correct deficiencies seen in the skies over Korea. In fact, the 17's original designation was MiG-15bis45 reflecting a modification of the MiG-15 design with a new 45-degree wing. The MiG-17 falls in between the F-86 Sabre and F-100 Super Sabre in performance- it's closest counter part in the
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Here's another ex-TWA MD-80 still flying for American on short final for 17C. Delivered to TWA in September 1998, she still has her TeeDub tail number N9624T but as I've posted before, ex-TWA Mad Dogs at AA have alphanumeric fleet numbers- in this case, 4XK, as opposed to a numeric fleet number that corresponds with the tail number.